Sunday, January 30, 2022

Quilt News! Orange Yellow Blue Infusion, Embroidered Little RagTag Art Quilt, Pacific NW Winter Garden/Color Photos

Piecing process, past quilt with orange, yellow, blue...

Another past quilt project with orange, yellow, blue....

I just finished RagTag small art quilt with embroidery, hand stitched.

Venice Beach, CA, graffiti in the local McDonalds, 3 yr.s ago.

My recent piecing, orange, yellow, blue..
Pac NW Towhee in winter garden, see the spots on its wing?


Japanese Maple in winter garden, close view in b/w to see contrast.


Japanese Maple in winter garden, see the colors?
 
Quilt top pieced 2 summers ago, orange, yellow, blue...

Another scrap medallion started, orange, yellow, bits of blue..

Small HSTs made from scrap triangles, for a center medallion...

Past project in the piecing stage, lots of orange, yellow , blue..

Yellow, blue, red....

Oranges, yellows, blues....

PacNW garden, winter.

 
 
Hello Quilt friends, Quilt News from the Pacific NW, where it's cold!
 
After a great road trip, driving through Nor Cal, Oregon and into Washington, here we are visiting grandkids and their 'caretakers.'
We have a view of Lake Washington and fishermen in boats when the sun is out.

No big projects but some time for small hand work. For my little art quilt, RagTag, I used only scissors and hand pieced and embroidered it. It's named RagTag because it is made from scraps and I'm going through a time when things feel a bit Ragtag and scrappy with alot of making do going on.
Life is like that sometimes, right?
When I thought about writing this post I knew I had to include lots of orange, yellow and blue because they are warm cheerful colors and lots of my past projects have those colors in them. Also soon I will start the piecing process for my AHIQ color challenge quilt and I have chosen orange, yellow and blue! I have many pieces and blocks in my 'parts department' maybe it will be a sampler style quilt.

And the photo of the Spotted Towhee, notice the orange under its wing and the spots on its wing? The light wasn't great but the spots came through. I love bird watching. Walking through winter gardens and parks here there are a lot of birds; chickadees, finch, sparrows, nuthatch, naming only a few, and quiet winter colors to enjoy.

And that Quilt Friends is the news from the cold north.
We'll be here for a few more weeks, and I'll get some hand stitching done. Mostly enjoying grandkids of course!

We have a lot to be thankful for don't we?
I'll be by to visit!

Sunday, January 9, 2022

Quilt News! New AHIQ Challenge, Choose a Color Palette, Easy! Running Thru' the Back of my Mind....

Fall leaves 2021

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Four Patch blocks I've been hand and machine piecing.

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Pepperberry Tree

Orange X Block quilt I finished for my granddaughter, fall 2021.

A page saved from my color calendar 2021.

Red fall leaves against blue sky.

 

Hello Quilt Friends, from the foothills of the Sierra Nevada!
Where it's cool and sunny.

And AHIQ has a new challenge, Choose a Color Palette!
That was easy for me as these colors, Orange, Yellow and Blue, have been running in the back of my mind for a while. I'm never very far away from orange as you might know if you've looked at my past projects.

The fall leaves around here put on a gorgeous show and a page I saved from my 2021 color calendar has stayed in mind along with the colors in the Orange X Block quilt I finished fall 2021 for my dear granddaughter Ellie. So the choice was already waiting to be acknowledged.

However, I'm in no hurry as we're still in the process of settling/moving in. There's no room for anything big right here, right now. So I'm adding to the Four Patch Blocks I've been hand and machine piecing, thinking of orange, yellow and blue, and dreaming/planning for the next projects.
A quilt, large or small or patchwork fabric for a bag, large or small, maybe drawstring or with a zipper?

Here are some tutorials that were fun to watch that have me thinking....
Japanese Rice Bag Tips and Tricks with Jean Wells;

Growing a Quilt Design by Beth, My Sewing Room,


and that, Quilt Friends, is the news.
I'll be by to visit and see what colors you are considering.

We have a lot to be thankful for, don't we?